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So, here comes the confession part. My mom insisted on buying all of these different bakery things -- cupcakes, cookies, candy, none of which Emily could eat. She bought her a bag of Keebler cookies, which I did verify were safe. I knew that it would be an issue, but my Mom inisisted it wouldn't. Fast forward to party day, and I have a kid in tears because her sister gets to eat all kinds of goodies, and she can't. My mom was shocked. So, part of me was glad the point was made, but most of me felt way, way guilty. I should have just baked something so my kid wasn't in tears. Learned my lesson, and will never try to prove a point that way again.
I don't mean to sound overly dramatic, but I felt really betrayed by my mom. Of all my family and friends, I would think she would get it. She was there when Emily had her anaphylactic shock (she was the one who fed her cashews) and was rushing her to the ER. Does Emily have to have anaphylaxsis again to reinforce the gravity of the situation? My mom thinks that since she has not had any more issues, things must be fine. Um, maybe that's because I am so "overprotective" that she has stayed safe.
Anyway, it feels good to vent to you guys. Thanks for listening to my very, very long post.View Thread
RebeccaView Thread
RebeccaView Thread

Can't wait to hear how much fun you guys had. Thanks for being here with me.
DebView Thread
I have played out many different ways this could have happened. Cross conatmination, forgot epi pen in the car, with a group of friends who didn't know how to use an epi pen, etc. It has me more scared than it did before. Why is god entrusting this little boy's life in my hands?View Thread
http://www.food.com/recipe/soft-as-wonder-white-bread-154576
Although, I do have a question. How do you store yeast? How do you know if it is still good? I made the bread today, and it tastes good. However, I think it was supposed to raise more than it did. I'm wondering if I my yeast wasn't doing as good as a job as it should.View Thread
We went to my brother in law's house for Thanksgiving. They have 5 cats and it was there last year that we discovered DS2 was also allergic to cats when his eyes swelled and became bloodshot. We gave him Claritin about an hour before going to their house and washed his hands somewhat frequently. During dinner he had some redness on his chin after eating a roll but the package said it was safe. It went away on its own probably from the Claritin he already had in his system. Then my soon to be sister in law took the kids outside to play and let them pick berries off the bush. He had a cluster of hives on the back of his hand and on his neck where you could see he smudged a berry on it. I googled it, and apparently the berries are honeysuckles (?) which are toxic...but won't kill a person (accroding to google). I will mention it to the allergist next time we go but again, the hives went away on their own and everything else went off without a hitch! (Did I say that right?)
How were your holidays?!View Thread
In a sauce pan, stir together the agave nectar, sugar, butter, and vanilla. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, corn starch, and salt.
Reduce the heat to medium and boil 5 minutes longer, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Let cool at least 20 minutes.
Knead the dough gently until smooth. If it begins sticking to everything, don't add extra powdered sugar to the dough — simply work with the dough on wax paper.
Divide into 3 pieces. With rubber gloves on, knead several drops of yellow food coloring to one piece of the dough until the color is even. Repeat with the orange food coloring. Leave the third piece of dough uncolored.
Divide each color dough in half again. Roll each piece into a long, thin rope. Line one rope of each color next to the others: yellow first, then orange, and then white. Flatten with a rolling pin. Cut the ropes into triangles. Some will be yellow-tipped and some will be white-tipped.
Place in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes to firm up, and then enjoy homemade candy corn!View Thread
Now I have to find a new brand. Bummer!!!
Oh, and when I bought our last loaf today, the checkout lady commented how she would miss it. I told her I would too, since my daughter had food allergies. She told me to just save the bag and put other bread in it from now on. I said sure, if I wanted her to have a reaction. She told me again to do it and see what happened. If only it were that easy.....Eyeroll...View Thread
I am not sure if it is a coincedence but since his skin has been good for like 2 years I started washing his clothes in regular Tide instead of Dreft and using Dove soap instead of California Baby which is organic, fragrance free, and all that good stuff. So once we are home again (which seems to be never) I plan on switching back to Dreft.
Anyone have any other suggestions?View Thread
http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/enews/navigating-the-holidays-with-food-allergies-webinar.htmlView Thread
My poor Golden mix has a hard time living in his own skin, scratching and licking holes in himself. We had him allergy tested thinking he was allergic to grass or the carpet or something. Turns out he is allergic to 18 environmental allergens like grass, tree pollen etc but he is also allergic to milk, peanuts, soybeans, and beef. And cotton, of all things. So our boy is officially a member of the family. We joked that we should just pull a chair up at the table for him lol.View Thread
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00420JV6S/ref=s9_ri_bw_g79_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-8&pf_rd_r=94C832D643714CA5866A&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1396507642&pf_rd_i=284507View Thread
I could make pancakes for both kids with soy butter and soy milk but they taste just a little off IMO. Not that the kids would know the difference. But to have something so completely illegal and get to share it with DS was really fun.
Now I"m kinda feeling like my life is sad, if this is such an exciting experience for me.
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Are people really that mean? I've personally come across the cupcake queens who think it's more important to show off how much money they can spend on a bakery snack, rather than the safe Hostess cupcake. But, is that really how the majority of people think? From reading this other thread, it seems that people in general are really irritated by allergy restrictions.
Maybe I just need to stay off general sites for awhile.....View Thread
Any suggestions. It's hard to gain weight, something I tried to do forever, finally it came to me naturally so now I am stumped. I would love to gain at least half of it back, but it's hard!!!
Thanks for any tips!!!View Thread
They may be having snack in the classroom every day (it's a low-income neighborhood, a lot of kids don't really eat outside of school on a regular basis I don't think) so we agreed that if she decided the kids needed snack, she and I would provide only safe things and the kids would get some of that. So I"m not feeding the whole class alone- she is helping. I am OK with this on many levels.
I'm still nervous but as you all know, we can only prepare so much and then we have to just turn them over. LIly drew a picture for nurse Heidi that said "I love you this much" and drew a heart that filled the entire page - it was adorable. And nurse Heidi gave Lily a little bear figurine dressed as a nurse. We are really gonna miss her.View Thread
The allergist wanted to see her by October. If she continues on, I'm probably going to have to take her in sooner. The allergist said our next step is allergy shots. This is my little tantrum -- Nonononononono @#$%#$#@@!!!!!!!!!!
Alright. Thanks for letting me vent. Onwards we go.View Thread
We have Meet the Teacher night on Thursday but I can't take 20 minutes to talk to her then about everything which would leave me Friday, unless someone gets back to me sooner...honestly, if I don't hear anything by Wednesday afternoon I'll probably walk up there and park myself until someone can talk to me. Thank goodness I have a good relationship with the principal, otherwise I'd probably be there already. Can I just say, I HATE this time of year!View Thread
There is a new district policy this year that EVERY student must be assigned a bus to ride in case school is cancelled early. Well, this is an issue for us. Emily isn't old enough to self-admin, and I don't want to tell her it's OK to go 5 minutes without her meds.
So, the principal and I came to a compromise. If (and it's 99.999% that it won't happen) but, if it does, Emily will get her EpiPen from the nurse, put it in her backpack, and let the bus driver know she has it. The principal thought the bus driver was already trained on how to administer, but will make sure and train if need be.
I'm curious what the other 14 kids will do that store EpiPens at school.View Thread
1. There are 34 students with food allergies.
2. She is not the only student in her class with allergies. There is also a peanut allergy.
Any facts about DC's school you would like to share?View Thread
I don't know if it is true, but I read on another allergy board that Benadryl wasn't making the single serve doses anymore. I haven't seen them for awhile around here, so it sounds true. I did find the Up & Up (Target brand) fast melt tablets, so I got those instead.
You might want to start looking now, just in case. Don't be like me and start checking your expiration dates an hour before the meds need to be at school!!!View Thread
More than one allergist has pointed out that kids outgrow milk allergy, and most of them by age 4 or 5. But Lily's numbers have always been so high that they have told us not to expect that until she's 9 or 10 at least...if ever. So it looks like we keep at it for the time being.View Thread
I know it's kind of sad that she's 7 and never done that before, but I knew you all would understand!View Thread
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